Carriage-window.



Patented July YY1 /l/l//J// J. T. ALL

CARRIAGE W APPLICATION 1. T. ALLMAND.

CARRIAGE WINDOW.

APPLlcATloN FILED MAY |914.

SHEET 2.

Patented JOHN T. ALLMAND, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO FISHER CLOSED BODY CO., 0F DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION 0F MICHIGAN.

CARRIAGE-WINDOW.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 27, 1915.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN T. ApLMAND, a citizen of the United States, residlng at Detroit, county of Wayne, State of Michigan, have inventeda certain new and useful Improvement in Carriage-Windows, and declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawlngs,

l which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to carriage windows and has for its object a carriage wlndow which has no upper sash bar to interfere with vision when the window is only partway up. It is also calculated to give a weather-tight lit and so constructed as to prevent rattling and breakage ofthe glass.

vIn the drawings,-Figure 1, V1s a front view of the window with some of the parts broken away. Fig. 2, is a section on the line B B of Fig. 1. Fig. 3, is a section on the line C-C of Fig. 1. Fig. 4, is a section on the line D-D of Fig. 1.

A slab of glass is lettered a. The lower edge of this is held in a metal channel har o, a slight cushioning medium c being interposed between the glass and thebar. The channel bar b has a folded-over strip d forming a V-channel which can be dropped over the wedge-shaped fence e to engage therewith in wedge-like relation so as to form a weather-tight fit. A side channel bar f has its lower end ,spread out as shown in Fig. 2 and it is soldered to the lower channelbar b. About this side channel bar is folded afelt strip g. About the felt strip and within the channel bar f is placed a water-proof fabric It.. This water-proof fabric has a seam z' at the bottom of the channel of the channel bar f. This water-,proof strip tends to keep the felt dry and also serves lto slightly cushion the glass a with respect to the metal channel bar. The purpose of 'this felt strip is to act as a acking to form a weather tight joint andp prevent rattling: It also serves, when the 'window is dropped into the well y', to prevent the toosudden fall thereof for the side sash bar, by reason of this felt packing fitting tightly into the guide at the side of the window well. away with glass which -glass that is not completely sashed, for glass cannot bend at all.

7c is a strap by which the window may be raised and lowered when desired. Of course, it will be understood that mechanical lifting devices can be employed with this invention.

A part of the window frame that is known to the trade as the header is illustrated in Fig. 3. This comprises a header channel bar Z that is screwed to the window frame m in a groove made for its reception. The sides of the channel bar are turned over at the open side to form lips fn, which retain in place the felt packing strips o. These felt packing strips are provided with V-grooves p so as to prevent the packing buckling'at the center so as to interfere with the slab c when it is raised. The header must be considerably deeper than would seem necessary from the showing in Fig. 3, for the purpose of allowing the slab a to be lifted in order to clear the fence e. The purpose of this header is not only to cushion the top of the glass but mainly to provide an effective weather stop, for it has been found with constructions heretofore known, in which the upper sash bar was omitted, that the wind and weather beat in around the topl and make the sashless form of window, which has become popular in automobile closed bodies, rather unpleasant on this account.

what I claim is:

1. A window frame having side grooves for guiding the sash, a sash comprising a slab of glass, metal channel bars on the vertical side edges of the slab of glass and connected across at least one horizontal edge, packing between such channel bar and the slab of glass, and a substantial compressible packing on the outside of such channel bar so fitting the guide-grooves as to allow slid` ing of the sash, and means for crowding the sash outward against one side of the grooves.

2. A window frame having side grooves for guiding the sash, a sash comprising a slab of glass, metal channel bars on the vertical side edges of the slab of glass and connected across at least one horizontal edge, a crowding the sash outward against one side substantial compressible packing on the outof the grooves. 10 side of such channel bar' so fitting the side In testimony whereof, I sign this specifigrooves as to .allow sliding of the sash, a cation in the presence of two Witnesses.

Waterproof fabricy inclosing said packing JOHN T. ALLMAND. and extending into the inside of the channel Witnesses: bar to act as a packing between the slab of v C. M. HIE,

glass and the channel bar, and means fol" STUART C. BARNS. 

